Opening the Way

Whether Beast Tamers, Gardeners, or even Healers, those of the Life-type were naturally powerful troop-spawning professions.

Gardeners leaned more toward positional and defensive warfare, while Beast Kings preferred taking the offensive.

"Nothing found to the south. There were only some wild beasts along the way, but the wolves have already been fed."

"Found several Gray Peak Clan members to the north. The little wolves enjoyed their meal, but we didn't find their BOSS. Looks like it's hiding pretty deep."

"I found nothing either. Two wolves seem to have evolved, though. Beast Tamer, come take a look."

Beasts—or rather, combat pets—continuously demonized by a Beast Tamer's blood were magical creatures capable of rapid growth.

During battle, they could grow on their own by feeding on their opponents' flesh and blood, and they often underwent spontaneous mutations and evolutions.

The evolutionary potential of a Beast Tamer's magical pets was the core of the profession.

Those two Adamantine Wolves had probably eaten too many Gray Peak Clan members. Strange gray hide had appeared over their bodies, and their breath even carried a faint stench. The Beast Tamer had to assess such mutations and decide whether to retain them, breed them for widespread propagation, or eliminate them outright as negative mutations.

Raising a wolf pack was a process of constantly selecting superior mutations and eliminating harmful ones. Given enough time, after several or even dozens of generations, the wolves would no longer be the same species as their original version.

"...Teacher, how is it?" Hua Xueyi lacked the eye to judge it herself, but as long as Lu PingAn was with her, she was, in a sense, carrying a teacher around with her.

"A very ordinary mutation. At best, it gives them Poison Blood. Their base physique seems to have noticeably declined, and they